Attachment for dust-pans.



S. D. TUNGATE. ATTACHMENT FOR DUST FANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1906.

No. 853,486. PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIUE.

ATTACHMENT FOR DUST-FANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application led May I4, 1906. Serial NoL 316.883.

To all whom, 'llt 777414/ orf/merit:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL D. TUNGATE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Attachment for Dust-Pans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device in the nature of anattachment that may be quickly and easily applied to an ordinarydust-pan for the purpose of serving as a comb to remove threads, hairs,etc. from a broom when used in sweeping dust upon the pan. f

My invention consists in the construction of the attachment and in thearrangement and combination of the dust-pan, whereby the objectscontemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointedout in my claims and illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 shows Va plan view of a dust-pan provided with anattachment embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal,sectional view of same, and Fig. 3 shows a per-v spective view of oneend of the spring with the protecting cap thereon.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the referencenumeral 10 to indicate the dust-pan. The attachment comprises a coil 11,of spring wire, having an integral hook 12 formed on each end. The

coil is of such length, with relation to the width of the pan, that whenthe hooks 12 are attached to the sides of the pan, the coils of thespring will stand apart far enough to admit the straws of a broom or thebristles of a brush between them, in such manner as to cause the coilsto serve as the teeth of a comb for the purpose of removing threads,lint and hairs and the like from the broom or brush.

I have provided for giving a finished appearance to the ends of thespring and at the same time protecting said ends so that the straws of abroom will not enter between the ends of the spring and the sides of thedustpan where they may become tangled and thus broken. I, therefore,place on each end of the spring a metal collar 13 having a closed end14, through which the hook 12 is extended. In this way the hook servesto hold the collar in its position and the collar will stand against thesides of the dust-pan and close the end of the spring, so that broomstraws and brush bristles will not enter.

In practical use, it is obvious that the attachment is of very simpleand inexpensive construction and it maybe quickly and. easily attachedto a dust-pan by simply forming two perforations in the d ust-pan andplacing the hooks 12 therein. The coils of the spring are necessarilyextended slightly before the hooks may be placed in engagement with thesides of the pan and hence the spring is und er tension when applied toa pan.. The attachment is very durable and if the pans should becomeworn or broken, the at` tachment .is unhooked from it and placed on anew pan. In use the pan is held in the ordinary way and the broom orbrush is moved over it in the ordinary way. The spring will prevent thebroom or brush from going back too far upon the pan and will, in a way,aid in retaining dust or sweepings on the pan. Then as a broom or brushis drawn over the spring, the coils thereof will serve as a comb andremove threads, hairs and other sweepings that may have adhered to thebroom or brush.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, therefor is- 1. The combinationwith a dust-pan, of a coil spring extended transversely across the panabove its bottom and detachably conneet-ed with the sides of the pan.

2. The combination with a dust-pan, of a vcoil spring formed with hooksat its ends, said hooks detachably connected with the sides of the dustpan.

3. The combination with. a dust-pan, of a coil spring having hooksformed on its ends, a collar at each end of the spring, each collarhaving a closed end and having said hook eX- tended through the closedend, said hooks detachably connected with the sides of the dustpan.

SAMUEL I). TUNGATE.

Witnesses z I S. F. CHRISTY, A. G. HAGUE.

